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Managing memory erros in a file with large PNGs

  • September 6, 2024
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Nabeelo

I understand Figma has a 2GB limit. I have a project with multiple large PNGs, just the nature of the project, that are made for print.

There are not many components or layers in this project, compared to most, yet a simple 8-10 large PNGs are causing memory errors and causing Figma to through the memory error screen on a very regular basis whenever I edit anything in the component that modifies the overlays on those 8-10 PNGs.

Any suggestions for how to deal with large PNGs and their requisite pull on memory in Figma?

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y_toku
Figmate
  • y_toku
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  • September 9, 2024

Hi there,

Thanks for reaching out. There’re several things you can do to reduce memory usage. Can you try the troubleshooting listed in this article?

Figma Learn - Help Center

If the issue still persists, could you submit a bug report detailing the steps that led to this issue? You can do so by following the link: https://help.figma.com/hc/en-us/articles/360041468234-Submit-a-bug-report

I hope this helps.

Thanks,
Toku

Nabeelo
  • Nabeelo
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  • September 9, 2024

Well yes. I looked at the help and went through the steps before posting for extra help.

  • There are essentially no hidden layers
  • I have taken several pages and split them into two files

The page that keeps breaking is just a single component, with 8 larger images (see attached). I cannot compress the images a ton as they are meant for print so will get artifacts, and they arent THAT big - like 3-5 MB each. They are PNGs if that matters.

The component is maybe 25-35 elements with a few layers, doesn’t “feel” crazy?

Screenshot - Race to Kepler 2024-09-08(07)

y_toku
Figmate
  • y_toku
  • Community Support
  • 2544 replies
  • September 9, 2024

Thanks for sending the screenshots. Yeah, it doesn’t look that big to me either.
So, could you submit a bug report detailing the steps that led to this issue? You can do so by following the link: https://help.figma.com/hc/en-us/articles/360041468234-Submit-a-bug-report

Our support team will look into it.

Thanks for your patience.
Toku

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